60-year-old Taiwanese businessman infected by “great white lung” intubation command center: BA.5 sequence Failure to seek immediate medical assistance may be the root cause of severe illness

Mainland China lifted the epidemic prevention ban, but the epidemic continued to develop. On the eve of the Spring Festival, Taiwanese businessmen returned to Taiwan at its peak. A doctor pointed out that a 60-year-old Taiwanese businessman who had been infected by the epidemic underwent a chest X-ray and developed severe pneumonia, commonly known as “great white lung”. The Central Epidemic Command The Center stressed today that the infected patient from Taiwan has been diagnosed with BA.5 and not being able to see a doctor immediately may be the main cause of his severe illness.

Su Yifeng, chief physician of Thoracic Medicine Department, Yangming District, Taipei United Hospital, shared on Facebook (FaceBook) that this Taiwanese businessman “big white lung” returned to Taiwan from mainland China for 3 days and did a self test for diagnosis, but did not require immediate medical attention. Although antiviral drugs were administered in the follow-up, the progress of the disease could not be halted and intubation treatment was required. The latest advance today is that the chest x-ray showed the condition has improved, but it’s not out of the woods. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesman for the command center, said this afternoon in a joint interview with the media that the sequencing results of the Taiwan businessman’s “great white lung” were released this morning, and it was determined that it is the BA.5 strain, which is also the main strain of the local epidemic in Taiwan.

Zhuang Renxiang said that regardless of the type of mutant strain, there are milder cases of infection, but there is still a risk of severe cases. It is believed that the Taiwanese businessman cannot seek medical treatment immediately after the infection, which is the leading cause of severe cases.

Zhuang Ruxiang said that according to last week’s test results, the mutated virus strains imported from overseas are still mainly BA.5, of which 68% are from mainland China, 68% are BA.5, and 32 % is BF.7, i.e. from Mainland China Of the imported confirmed cases, 2 out of 3 are BA.5 and 1 is BF.7 Compared with other source countries, viruses imported from other countries are more diverse, including BA. 5, BA .2.75, BQ .1, XBB and BF.7.